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Karmakaze's first CBG

Posted by Karmakaze on April 2, 2014 at 12:02pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

Hi all

Thanks for all the inspiration and build tips.  I had a lot of fun making this, now I'm having fun learning to play it.  I've built a few solid-body electric guitars, but CBG's seem a lot less stressful.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics.  Next up for me is a resonator CBG.

The head stock has an indian head nickel inlay.

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  • John Sawyer April 4, 2014 at 11:56pm

    Beautiful.  1st build?  Doesn't look like it to me!

  • Richey Kay April 3, 2014 at 2:42am

    Looks great buddy - can you tell us any details?

    • Karmakaze > Richey Kay April 3, 2014 at 10:29am

      What details would you like?

      I reinforced the inside corners of the box.  The neck runs through, with a shallow cut for the single coil pickup made by Dan Sleep. 

      The neck is hard rock white maple with a grey stain, the finger board is waterfall bubinga, with abalone dots and black plastic side markers.

      A bone nut.

      A floating bridge I made myself from a piece of brass and some rosewood.

      • Richey Kay > Karmakaze April 4, 2014 at 12:52am

        That'll do nicely. Thanks for the info. Really cool job on the headstock, and did you make those knobs yourself?

        • Karmakaze > Richey Kay April 4, 2014 at 7:42pm

          yes.  They were cut from scraps from an electric violin I built.  Cherry and lacewood with black-dyed poplar veneer in between.

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